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II. Process <br />A. Development of the Water Action Plan <br />Boyle Engineering Corporation (Boyle) was retained to complete a Water Conservation/Supply <br />Reconnaissance Study (Study) to identify and evaluate water supply and conservation alternatives within the <br />three states that could contribute toward achieving the proposed program's objectives for reducing shortages <br />to target flows. Boyle's services were performed under the direction of the Water Committee (WC). The <br />Final Report for the Study, which was submitted to the WC on December 13, 1999, provides information on <br />local net hydrologic effects, reductions to target flow shortages at the critical habitat, and costs at a <br />reconnaissance level for each project evaluated. A preliminary assessment of legal and institutional <br />requirements, social issues and environmental issues was also included. <br />The Final Report was used by the Water Action Plan Committee in identifying and selecting the projects <br />included in this Water Action Plan. However, the Water Action Plan includes some projects that were not <br />analyzed by Boyle in the original study. Boyle relied on information provided by the three states and data <br />presented in the Final Report to evaluate the projects included in this Water Action Plan. Representatives <br />from the three states were contacted to acquire an understanding of how the states envision implementing the <br />proposed projects. If the operating concept for a given project differed from that presented in the Final <br />Report, information provided by the states was relied on. Likewise, if a more detailed analysis of a project <br />has recently been completed and more information is now available regarding the yield and cost, that <br />information has been taken into account. <br />The three states identified 13 potential projects for inclusion in the Water Action Plan. These projects are <br />located throughout the Platte River Basin (Figure 1). Yield evaluations were made by the Platte River <br />EIS /ESA team to refine the individual and cumulative yields of the projects and address the interactive effects <br />of the projects. In developing the proposed program, each state identified a water reregulation project and <br />agreed to the performance of the study and the development of a Water Action Plan. The combined effect of <br />the original three projects and the Water Action Plan is intended to achieve the Program goal of reducing <br />shortages to target flows by 130,000 to 150,000 ac -ft/yr in the first increment. A list of the projects included <br />in the Water Action Plan is provided in the table below. <br />Table II -1 <br />\\DN00 \E- DRIVE \PROJECTS\Platte \Work Products \Task 9 \wapc report (Version 7).doc 2 <br />Water Action Plan Projects <br />State <br />Proj ect <br />Nebraska <br />CNPPID Re- regulating Reservoir <br />Nebraska <br />Water Leasing <br />Nebraska <br />Water Management Incentives <br />Nebraska <br />North Dry Creek/Ft. Kearny Cutoffs <br />Nebraska <br />Dawson/Gothenburg Canal GW Recharge <br />Nebraska <br />Net Controllable Conserved Water <br />Nebraska <br />Groundwater Management <br />Nebraska <br />Power Interference <br />Wyoming <br />Pathfinder Municipal Account <br />Wyoming <br />Glendo Storage <br />Wyoming <br />Temporary Water Leasing <br />Wyoming <br />La Prele Reservoir <br />Colorado <br />Groundwater Management <br />\\DN00 \E- DRIVE \PROJECTS\Platte \Work Products \Task 9 \wapc report (Version 7).doc 2 <br />